2004 Cohen's 11th studio album Dear Heather reached #1 in Denmark and Poland, #2 in Norway, #5 in Canada, Ireland and Portugal, #8 in Sweden, #9 in Belgium, #13 in Austria and Switzerland, #22 in Finland, #24 in Italy, #34 in the UK, Netherlands and France, #38 in Germany, #131 in the US, #18 in World Albums 40 and #131 in Top Internet Albums charts

2006 Book of Longing reached #1 on the Top 10 Hardcover Fiction Books in Canada (as compiled by Maclean’s Magazine), being the first book of poetry ever to reach the top of the bestsellers’ lists in Canada

2006 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man soundtrack CD reached #176 in the US

2006 Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

2007 Cohen received a Grammy for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters

2008 Philip Glass' CD Book of Longing: A Song Cycle Based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen reached #17 on Billboard's classical albums chart in the US

2009 Cohen's first full concert album Live in London reached #7 in Canada, #3 in Ireland, #4 in Belgium, New Zealand and Denmark, #7 in Finland, Poland, Spain and the Netherlands, #8 in Norway and Portugal, #9 in Austria, #13 in Germany, #14 in Sweden, #15 in France, #19 in the UK, #23 in Switzerland, #25 in Australia, 27 in Italy, #76 in the US; #17 on World Albums Top 40 and #93 on Top Internet Albums charts

2009 Cohen's album Live in London was Long Listed for the Polaris Music Prize

2009 Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 reached #56 in the Netherlands and #73 in Ireland

2009 nominated for the MOJO Honours List 2009 award in category of Best Live Act